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More Portable, Less Messy

The size, clarity, and portability of an iPad begs for it to be used as a digital oil painting canvas or sketchbook page, and now you can do just that. I'm consistently amazed at the apps for artists that are being released on smartphones and tablets...

Published 20 Jun 2012 10:14 PM by Apetriello

Filed under: Oil Painting, Color, Art, Drawing Basics, Artist Daily
It's Stilleven, Nature Morte, Dead Nature, or Still Life

The art of still life painting is a time-honored one that has been around since at least the time of the ancient Egyptians. Still life paintings were often used to adorn the interiors of Egyptian tombs with the belief that these depictions of food and...

Published 4 Jun 2012 10:59 PM by johnandann@theartistsroad

Filed under: Still Life, Oil Painting, Color, Art
The Fugitive Color

We are big admirers of J. M. W. Turner's work in oil and watercolor, especially his magnificent, ethereal watercolor paintings . Unfortunately many of his paintings are much less vivid today than they were when he painted them. We know this from written...

Published 28 May 2012 10:28 PM by johnandann@theartistsroad

Filed under: Watercolor Painting, Oil Painting, Color, Art
A Small Price to Pay for a Life Lived Fully

As an artist, I often feel that I am more sensitive than others, or perhaps I am more in touch because I need to be so that my work will flow genuinely from my heart and allow me to respond from a deeper place. That is one of the reasons that I faced...

Published 17 May 2012 1:53 PM by ShenShen210

Filed under: Portrait Painting, Mixed Media, Color, Art, Drawing Basics
Why Can't You Be Blue Over Me?

Where would painting be without the color blue? It is so easy to obtain artist paints of any hue these days that we forget that in the time of both Michelangelo and Titian, a pure, vibrant blue pigment could only be made by laboriously cooking and hand...

Published 19 Mar 2012 10:37 PM by johnandann@theartistsroad

Filed under: Oil Painting, Color, Art
Is White Really a Color?

There are differing opinions among color theory purists whether white should be considered a color at all, since it represents the absence of hue or chroma, and cannot be made from the three primaries, as black theoretically can be. It's not usually...

Published 27 Feb 2012 10:04 PM by johnandann@theartistsroad

Filed under: how to paint, Painting, Oil Painting, Color
May I Introduce Scott Waddell?

The Den by Scott Waddell, oil painting, 20 x 16. Scott Waddell: Weekend With the Masters Instructor Scott Waddell was born and raised in Central Florida. He received his B.F.A. from Florida State University. After college, Waddell spent the next several...

Published 1 May 2011 1:15 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: how to paint, Painting, Portrait Painting, Oil Painting, Color, Art, street art
May I Introduce Stephen Quiller?

February Shadows, Rio Grande by Stephen Quiller, acrylic painting, 17 x 19 1/2. Stephen Quiller: Weekend With the Masters Instructor Stephen Quiller is an internationally known painter who works primarily in water media, monotypes, and intaglio printmaking...

Published 30 Apr 2011 10:41 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: how to paint, Watercolor Painting, Acrylic Painting, Color
May I Introduce Jacob Collins?

Thinking Man by Jacob Collins, oil painting, 30 x 20, 2004. Jacob Collins: Weekend With the Masters Instructor Jacob Collins is a leading figure in the contemporary revival of classical painting. He earned a B.A. in history from Columbia College and attended...

Published 30 Apr 2011 10:32 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: how to paint, plein air, Portrait Painting, Oil Painting, Figure Drawing, Color, Figure Painting, Art, Drawing Basics, street art

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